and amonust they ended up in mayotte. and amongst those _ they ended up in mayotte. are arriving, a lot of women are pregnant, hoping that the babies will get french passports.— french passports. yes, it was the case _ french passports. yes, it was the case at — french passports. yes, it was the case at ewood _ french passports. yes, it was the case at ewood have - the case at ewood have birthright citizenship if you are delivering a baby on the island. this has now changed, the laws have changed over time and they were even were supposed to get more difficult this year but the fall of the government has delayed a little bit. it is back on the agenda, i believe, because one of the mps wants a change that law. but people still think that they can deliver their babies on the island and get a french passport and may be travel to mainland europe, which is not the case at all. 50 mainland europe, which is not the case at all.— the case at all. so they have this dangerous _ the case at all. so they have this dangerous journey - the case at all. so they have this dangerous

now mayotte is on the front pages of the leading media. this weekend , a hurricane hit the island, the strongest in the last... 90 years and this is what the streets look like after the storm, destroyed houses, power lines were down, roads were damaged, hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people died, the exact number of victims is difficult to say at the moment, because a large number of undocumented migrants live on the island. cyclone shido is called one of the most destructive in the western indian ocean. wind speeds reached more than 200 km/h, and wave heights exceeded 8 m. in some areas there is an acute shortage of drinking water, and the temperature outside is over 30°. a spokesman for the french red cross called the situation chaotic in a conversation with the bbc. french authorities are promising help and have already sent rescuers and humanitarian aid to the island. the tin-roofed houses built on the highway had no chance of standing up to the force of cyclone shido. winds of more than 220 km/h tore apart residential areas of m

which can land in mayotte. be a very big challenge. from the red cross in la union, thank you very much for talking to us. the german parliament is to hold a vote of confidence later in the government of chancellor olaf scholz, which he's expected to lose. that would pave the way for early elections in february. our correspondent damien mcguinnessjoins us now from berlin. why is olaf scholz in this position?— position? well, it is a bit counterintuitive - position? well, it is a bit counterintuitive because | position? well, it is a bit i counterintuitive because he position? well, it is a bit - counterintuitive because he has requested this vote to be held and he wants to lose the vote. that is because at the moment he runs a minority government which means he cannot do anything, the opposition are not willing to help him, and that means it is effectively a lame—duck government. this comes after his coalition collapsed in november effectively over a row over the budget. so the only way germany can get an effec

this was a ma'or im act mayotte is. this was a ma'or impact on d mayotte is.ct on basically i mayotte is. this was a ma'or impact on basically there h mayotte is. this was a major i impact on basically there were two important factors, one was that it was very strong. for viewers who may not know this, this is what we call a hurricane, exact the same thing but we call the a cyclone below the equator and if we use the atlantic scalpel classification, this was a category for hurricane so very strong. and it hit an extremely vulnerable location —— category four. i looked at a study of 40% of the study of the housing there are corrugated metal shacks and those structures are no match for cyclonic winds like this so strong cyclone making a direct impact on a venerable place. == making a direct impact on a venerable place.— venerable place. -- - vulnerable _ venerable place. -- - vulnerable place. - venerable place. -- - i vulnerable place. when venerable place. -- - - vulnerable place. when that happens, how hard is that for an area like mayotte to recover because

it people that have lost their lives in mayotte.— lives in mayotte. will be very hard to _ lives in mayotte. it will be very hard to establish - lives in mayotte. it will be very hard to establish the | very hard to establish the actual numbers because of the thousands of illegal immigrants that lived there.— that lived there. exactly. the ma'or that lived there. exactly. the major problem _ that lived there. exactly. the major problem with - that lived there. exactly. the major problem with the - that lived there. exactly. the | major problem with the slums that have been there for years, a lot of people in the slums were forced out of them last year. it was a political... fringe political decision to try and get people out without being able to place them elsewhere, so what happened is some people got out, but all they did was build their homes again a little higher up on the mountain, and it is those people that have been the first victims of the cyclone. the issue now is they have nothing, no food, no water, no hygiene, but they have no choice but

leaving islands like mayotte even more vulnerable. mayenijones, bbc news, mayotte.d—of—life care. the government says it's the biggest investment in the sector for generations. our health editor hugh pym is here. will it be enough? the hospice sector has broadly welcomed this deal unveiled by wes streeting on a visit to a children's hospice. they say it will stabilise their finances for a couple of years. back in august, visiting one hospice which was planning job cuts because of a shortage of money, they were not the only one. then we had revelations that hundreds of hospice beds were not being occupied because there wasn't enough money to run them, then came the budget and the increase in national insurance contributions for employers, real concerns for hospices. hospice uk pushed very hard for an urgent financial intervention from the government. now we have this deal. it is slightly complicated, it is mining for buildings and equipment so hospice managers will try to reallocate resources to the front line but it still leaves charities, gps, care homes and others

and the reason these babies are born in mayotte is that the pregnant mothers come to mayotte preciselyity. so the national rally has been using this small island, in the indian ocean, to say this is france in ten years, which is pushing it a bit. here in the uk, a shopkeeper in cornwall says he's carried out over 50 citizen's arrests amid an onslaught of shoplifting. martin gaunt says he has been faced with no choice but to do this to protect his livelihood with police becoming harder to get on site. across england wales last year, incidents of shoplifting saw an increase of nearly thirty per cent. well, i'm very pleased to say martin gaunt isjoining us now. good to see you. we will get onto your — good to see you. we will get onto your heroic _ good to see you. we will get onto your heroic actions - good to see you. we will get onto your heroic actions and | onto your heroic actions and just a moment before us can you describe shows what an ordinary day is like in your shop and what you have to deal with when it comes to shoplifters? actually, we have made a big improvement because ab

there is a night—time curfew in place as well on mayotte.t on the streets and possible, we are hearing some shops may have been looted. i know it is difficult to get a full picture but what about what is happening in the night time with the curfew and some of that disruption on the streets?— on the streets? yeah, the curfew came into — on the streets? yeah, the curfew came into place _ on the streets? yeah, the curfew came into place last— on the streets? yeah, the curfew came into place last night. - on the streets? yeah, the curfew came into place last night. last l came into place last night. last night was the first time it was in place. some shopkeepers on mayotte have been telling french news agencies they had been looted. people are desperate for food and water. food and water have been rationed in some supermarkets. you are only allowed six cans of sardines. some footage has come out of the island showing empty shelves. as the situation gets more desperate there are worries insecurity will increase. authorities are enforcing the curf

mayotte is part of the ear most. mayotte is part of the year zone — most.f the year zone and _ most. mayotte is part of the year zone and one _ most. mayotte is part of the year zone and one of - most. mayotte is part of the year zone and one of the - most. mayotte is part of the l year zone and one of the least wealthy part of french territory for the three quarters of the highlands population is below the french poverty line the unemployment rate is about one in three. at least the third of the territories 320,000 residents live in shantytowns. this 39—year—old musician and composer is one of a set of islands located less than 100 km of mayotte for the currently seeking asylum in the french territory for the peers his experience of the cyclone. it was the wind blowing and i was panic, ice cream. we need help, we need help. i was screaming because i could see the end coming for me.— italy are working to save an injured cave explorer trap nearly 600 meters underground. meters underground. explorer trapped 585m underground near bergamo. ottavia piana fell ei

now, french president emmanuel macron is in mayotte today.o support the people of mayotte, that he's notjust going to fly in and fly out, and i think that that gesture is being appreciated, but people say they need more, that for a long time mayotte has suffered from underinvestment, that if houses are going to be rebuilt, they need to be rebuilt stronger and better, so that they can withstand future cyclones. now, that makes life very difficult for mr macron because at home he's stealing with an unstable government but there's also a raging debate about immigration. an estimated 100,000 people living here are thought to be migrants coming from comoros and elsewhere. and some on the right in france are saying that france shouldn't be sending as much aid to mayotte because it might encourage more people to come here trying to apply for asylum. in the meantime, the residents here say this isn't a time to talk about immigration, that they desperately need aid, and that they can't wait for it. let's take a look at some other stories in the headli

, there was already an issue on mayotte on clean water, what's that situation again was a big?that situation again was a big? the similar icture, again was a big? the similar picture. in — again was a big? the similar picture, in mozambique - again was a big? the similar picture, in mozambique we. again was a big? the similar. picture, in mozambique we are ready before that had 3.4 million children in need of humanitarian systems, they are very overstretched, the humanitarian system. this is not only going to make things worse, we are looking mayotte the poorest country in the world, a lot of people don't have access to clean water, this is only making things harder. we are working with our partners to distribute water purification and buckets, partners are distributing food, shelter materials, medication, tends to treat and prevent cholera, the magnitude of this cyclone is going to outstrip. when he talked about critical infrastructure being affected, you did mention health care facilities, is that quite a lot of damage to those of you have functioning clinics and hospitals?—

while more than two weeks have passed since the storm in mayotte, france. bayrou said that electricity will be connected to households in the mayotte archipelago by the end of january. according to the afp report, the slow process of sending aid and delays in the arrival of clean water and electricity have angered the residents of mayotte, the poorest overseas territory of france. doctors without borders previously he had announced that what we see in the slums of mayotte are people who are hungry and do not have access to water. in the recent storm in mayotte , at least 39 people lost their lives and a lot of damage was caused to the area. the minister of industry, mines and trade said that the problem of issuing bank guarantees for exporters of technical and engineering services will be resolved by the order of the president. the deputy director of the trade development organization also says that by solving the problems of exporting technical and engineering services, it can reach about 20 billion dollars. according to the deputy director of the trade de

residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte. the mayor of the capital, mamoudzou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to assist and the first aid flight has arrived. chido has now reached northern mozambique after picking up strength crossing the mozambique channel. greg mckenzie has this report. the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. cyclone chido made landfall here on saturday. the devastation and aftermath cleared to see entire communities flattened by gusts of more than 140mph. islanders sheltering any way they can. officials fear the death toll will be in the hundreds, or even higher. located north—west of madagascar, mayotte is an archipelago comprised of one main island and several smaller ones. most of the island's 300,000 or so inhabitants live in shacks with sheet metal roofs. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes. electricity, water and internet connections are all down. translation: no matter ho

mayotte is a french territory, and a member of the eu. many people there lived in makeshift homes, and the french government says they have all been destroyed. cyclone chido has now moved to southeast africa. greg mckenzie reports. the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. cyclone chido made landfall here on saturday. the devastation and aftermath clear to see. entire communities flattened by gusts of more than 140mph. islanders sheltering any way they can. officials fear the death toll will be in the hundreds, or even higher. located northwest of madagascar, mayotte is an archipelago comprised of one main island and several smaller ones. most of the island's 300,000 or so inhabitants live in shacks with sheet metal roofs. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes. electricity, water and internet connections are all down. no matter how the houses were built, everything has been destroyed. i think that you can see a little bit of that all around me. people are doing their best to try and rebuild their houses, but the work is go

. fin of damage as we have been seeing on mayotte.- seeing on mayotte.saw— seeing on mayotte. on the damage, we saw the - seeing on mayotte. on the. damage, we saw the picture seeing on mayotte. on the - damage, we saw the picture is a moment ago. talk us through the kinds of damage one can expect to infrastructure for tropical cyclones like this? it to infrastructure for tropical cyclones like this?- cyclones like this? it all depends _ cyclones like this? it all depends on _ cyclones like this? it all depends on how - cyclones like this? it all depends on how strong | cyclones like this? it all. depends on how strong the infrastructure is at the time when the tropical cyclone makes landfall, of course, but you can expect roofs to be ripped off, certainly transport infrastructure to be damaged. there are evacuation orders, people have been ordered to get to higher ground, for example, towards the coast there will be the risk of a storm surge with those very strong gusty winds and huge waves as well. waves of up to 4—6 metres had been predicted for coast

will be restored to the mayotte archipelago by the end of january, according to afp.the slow pace of aid deliveries and delays in the delivery of clean water and electricity have angered residents of mayotte, the poorest french overseas territory. doctors without borders had previously said that what we see in the slums of mayotte are people who are hungry and do not have access to water. at least 39 people died in a recent storm in mayotte and caused extensive damage in the region. women killed due to violence domestic violence in australia has reached a new high. the number of women murdered in domestic violence has increased by 30% this year compared to the previous year. this has been a terrible year for women's safety across australia. it 's really shocking to me. at least 87 women have been killed in their homes by their husbands, and that's an increase on previous years . it really reminds us that this is a national crisis that affects everyone. the crisis of burglaries of famous athletes in america has raised the alarm for police. fbi to combat criminal activi

french prime minister addresses mayotte's leaders , saying he will not hear from them for a month. no electricity more than two weeks after a storm hit mayotte, french prime minister francois bayrou said households on the mayotte archipelago would be reconnected to electricity by the end of january, afp reported. the delay in delivering aid and the delay in delivering clean water and electricity have angered residents of mayotte, france's poorest overseas territory. doctors without borders had previously said that what we see in the slums of mayotte are people who are hungry and have no access to water. at least 39 people have died in the recent storm in mayotte and that the damage in the area has been extensive. came. and the crisis of thefts from the homes of famous athletes in america has sounded the alarm bells of the police. the fbi has provided recommendations in a letter to sports leagues and athletes in this country to combat criminal activities. in the past four months, the homes of at least nine professional athletes have been robbed. according to experts , criminals are

residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte.he mayor of the capital, mam—oud—zou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to chido has now reached northern mozambique after picking up strength crossing the mozambique channel. nickjohnson reports. in a television interview, the prefect of mayotte said hundreds, even thousands of people may have been killed. i think be several hundreds and perhaps thousands died but given the violent storm, we all experienced it in our flesh with our loved ones. i was myself with my colleagues. we found ourselves filling the door. inevitably, much higher count. we will try to do this but it will obviously be up to us to. winds of more than 140mph batter the french island territory. it's thought to be mayotte�*s worst cyclone in a century. islanders take shelter in any way they can. it takes three people to keep the door closed from the power of the storm. sewers. there's nothing left here. this man

friends president emmanuel macron is in mayotte today.at he was to support the people of mayotte, that he will notjust lay in and fly out and i think that gesture is being appreciated but people say they need more, that for a long time mayotte has suffered from underinvestment and that if houses are going to be rebuilt, they need to be rebuilt stronger and better so they can withstand future cyclones stop that makes life very difficult for mr macron because at home he is stealing with an unstable government but there is also a raging debate about immigration. an estimated 100,000 people living here are migrants coming from elsewhere. and some say that french —— france suit should not censor much aid here because it might encourage people to come and seek asylum here. but people desperately need aid. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: veteran labour politician lord mandelson has been named as the new uk ambassador to the united states. he will replace the outgoing ambassador dame karen pierce. peter mandelson was a p

several thousand people could have died on the island of mayotte, which is owned by france. the rubble is still being cleared, but there has been no serious help from paris, and maria petrashko will tell you why this happened. the cyclone destroyed not only the entire infrastructure of the french archipelago of mayotte, but also the image of a caring, kind french colonizer. paris prefers to notice the deaths of only a few dozen confirmed, but local authorities claim that the death toll could exceed thousand. for mayotte with a population of 320,000, this is critical, and a third of all the island's inhabitants are illegal migrants, so it is almost impossible to establish the exact number of deaths. the island is short of food, water and electricity, and aid from the metropolitan of paris looks like a mockery, only one humanitarian flight, in which hundreds of soldiers tarpaulins for emergency shelters. no water, no food. is concern for the colonial departments really just words? france will never develop its colonies. we remember what happened in new caledonia, where the fre

mayotte is a french territory, and a member of the eu.here lived in makeshift homes, and the french government says they have all been destroyed. cyclone chido has now made landfall in mozambique and is also threatening other countries in the region. greg mckenzie reports. the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. cyclone chido made landfall here on saturday. the devastation and aftermath clear to see. entire communities flattened by gusts of more than iaomph. islanders sheltering any way they can. officials fear the death toll will be in the hundreds, or even higher. located northwest of madagascar, mayotte is an archipelago comprised of one main island and several smaller ones. most of the island's 300,000 or so inhabitants live in shacks with sheet metal roofs. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes. electricity, water and internet connections are all down. translation: no matter how the houses were built, everything has been destroyed. i think that you can see a little bit of that all around me. people are doing their b

you say that there was no government in mayotte, this is not accurate.there were two ministers of the interior of the overseas territories, and the president of the republic announced, that he will go to mayotte. it is not customary for the president and prime minister to leave the country at the same time. moreover, i have the responsibility to present the new government to the president, and i will do it as soon as possible, as agreed with the president of the republic. far from paris and from the city of pau, in the region of madagascar, but still it is not abroad, but the territory of france, for an inappropriate blunder, bayrou was criticized by the opposition, the erroneous choice of the new prime minister was pointed out in the macronist camp, comment the chairman of the lower house of parliament. it is good that the president of the republic will go to mayotte, it is necessary to be together with the population, together with the french who are suffering from such a catastrophe, which... it is not for me to judge, but it seems to me that in such

we will be back for more on the latest developments on mayotte in a few moments.ur other menus. —— main news. figures on the state of the uk economy show it failed to grow at all in the third quarter of this year. the revised official figures for gross domestic product — gdp — coverjuly to september and cover the months after the general election and the run—up to the labour government's first budget. and there are warnings too for chancellor rachel reeves from the influential business groups the british retail consortium and the confederation of british industry. they predict a difficult economic start to 2025 — with data suggesting a lack of confidence after that tax—raising autumn budget which could affect sales, and the way firms operate. the government insists it's delivering stability for companies and encouraging long—term investment. theo leggett and political reaction from damian business correspondent essllt carr. we are asking businesses to contribute more, and i know that there will be impacts of this measure felt beyond businesses too. ever since the

it's been described as the worst storm in mayotte in 90 years. death toll. now the cyclone is moving westwards towards mozambique. 0ur weather presenter elizabeth rizzini explains more about what the path of the storm. this tropical cyclone is intensifying at the moment in the very warm waters of the mozambique channel, and it's gradually tracking its way further westwards now towards the coast of northern mozambique, where it's due to make landfall really in the next few hours, the early hours of sunday morning. and then it's going to track further westwards, affecting parts of malawi and also zimbabwe as well. of course, once it makes the next landfall, then it will start to weaken again. but it's particularly intense at the moment. we've seen some gusts at sea of 280km/h. that's i73mph. and it will cause a storm surge when it gets to the northern mozambique coast. it's likely to affect the cities of nampula and pemba. it will bring a lot of very heavy rainfall locally. some spots could see as much as 300mm of rainfall. but of course, we're ver

france has promised a relief effort to support mayotte will be fully mobilised.oming days. mayotte is one of the poorest parts of france and many of the 300,000 residents were already living in poverty. cyclone chido has ripped away what little they had. mayenijones, bbc news. today is the final day of the uk post office inquiry. since 2022, evidence and testimonies have been given by sub—postmasters and postmistresses who were wrongly prosecuted due to the faulty horizon it system. emma simpson reports. the indignity of having to have a shower in front of a prison warden. it began with the victims telling their stories of how the post office ruined their lives. wake up in the morning, i'm actually disappointed that i've woken up. once, the newspaper put, "postmistress guilty." you can imagine. we couldn't live, we i couldn't, we couldn't... we had no money, we were destitute. and day after day the sub—postmasters came to watch the inquiry too, especially when it was the turn of the investigators who pursued them to get a grilling. do you accept that you behaved

for mayotte with a population of... 2,000 is critical, and a third of all the island's inhabitants areso it is impossible to establish the exact number of victims is practically impossible, there is a shortage of food, water and electricity on the island, help from... which is overseas, so-called here, but they are, of course, not at the same level, the action of the new prime minister, beiro, is still very inexplicable in such a catastrophe, when they already don’t even know how many victims there are after this cyclone, and beiro is going to his city. in pau, because he is the mayor there, he allowed himself to go to his city of pau, on a plane, on a private, on a state plane, and the cost such a small passage to the municipal council of pau cost almost as much as the money given for aid to mayotte. this choice of the prime minister did not simply shock the public. bayrou was accused of wanting to legitimize his simultaneous preservation of several. state services. the petulance towards the catastrophe as the last straw led to another intra-political reflection. vice-president of the

residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte. flight has arrived. chido has now

nearly 320,000 people live in the densely populated 144 square miles of mayotte.nch military has a large presence on nearby reunion island, another french territory. soldiers and aid teams deployed from reunion, while the french interior minister made his way to mayotte to rally relief workers. >> there are still mountains to move, so everyone needs to mobilize. everyone needs to be at their post and be professional. no panicking. no rushing. william: on reunion, arnaud danilala was still waiting to hear if his brother and other family members in mayotte made it safely through the storm. >> when you see houses destroyed, you also see a lot of dead people, so it could be a member of our family. so, yes, we're worried about that. william: mayotte is the poorest french territory and the poorest place in the european union. in brussels today, the french foreign minister said he would be asking for help from the e.u. to rebuild. >> all my thoughts this morning are with our compatriots in mayotte, who are suffering the tragic consequences of the disaster. the government

it is good that the president of the republic will go to mayotte. it is necessary to be with the population, with the french who are suffering from such a catastrophe, which has not happened on french territory in the last decades. it is important to be bukobok with the population. of course, i would prefer that the prime minister, instead of flying. po, flew to mamoudzou. is this a mistake? it is not for me to judge, but it seems to me that in such a situation it is necessary to be 100% mobilized to resolve the crisis. however, what is surprising, the prime minister from the president didn't go far. emmanuel macron insulted the inhabitants of the archipelago even more, bringing with him his parisian arrogance and detachment from reality. the meeting with the people did not go according to script: the president quickly lost patience, shouted so loudly that he broke down. if we put all this in a global context, we are witnessing growing irritation with the political impasse of the blockade of the institutions of power. if we turn to the figures, when

residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte.he mayor of the capital, mamoudzou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to assist and the first aid flight has arrived. chido has now reached northern mozambique after picking up strength crossing the mozambique channel. in a television interview, the prefect of mayotte said hundreds, even thousands of people may have been killed. translation: it's extremely difficult to say. _ i think there will certainly be several hundred, perhaps approaching 1,000 or even a few thousand dead, but it's obvious that given the violence of the storm, we all experienced it in ourflesh, in ourfamily, with our loved ones and colleagues. i was myself at the command centre with all my colleagues. the ceiling of the operational centre flew away. we found ourselves facing the storm. inevitably there is a much higher count. we will try to do this because it is obviously up to us to draw up the toll. nickjoh

concerns are mounting that the cyclone that hit the french indian ocean island of mayotte has causeda surgeon said the emergency department at his hospital had seen worryingly few patients, given the scale of the destruction. there are reports that many people had disappeared in shanty towns where thousands of illegal immigrants lived. many homes were flattened by winds and mudslides. our correspondent, mayeni jones, reports from reunion. the aid efforts by the french government have been coordinated here from reunion, because a lot of mayotte has simply been too damaged for them to be able to work there very well. aeroplanes can't land at night because of damage to the one airport on the island, so currently an air corridor has been built from the island of reunion, here right up to mayotte. the situation on the ground remains very chaotic, very desperate for people, particularly outside of the capital. a number of people are struggling to get access to water or food. they've had to fix the amount of water and food people can buy in local supermarkets. there's reports of large queue

mayotte is a french territory, and a member of the eu.. cyclone chido has now moved to southeast africa. greg mckenzie reports. the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. cyclone chido made landfall here on saturday. the devastation and aftermath clear to see.

french authorities have set up an air corridor between reunion and mayotte.as well as have about 50% of the island back having running water by the end of today, so they are working hard to try and address this. we have to bear in mind people haven't had food and water for the most part since saturday, particularly those outside the main capital. they have been struggling and nobody knows exactly how many people might be buried under mud. there were fears there were mudslides in some areas where a lot of informal settlements were built. it's a really worrying picture at the moment and authorities say they are concerned and want to try to get in there as soon as possible. new photos released by maxar technologies give us a clearer understanding of the cyclone damage. meghan 0wen can take us through them. these satellite images taken before and after the cyclone lay bare the scale of the destruction. this wider image shows dzowdzi and western pamandzi — a commune in mayotte — clear water submerged with murky water and boats missing from jetties. but if we go to

mayotte, with a population of about 320,000 people are in french overseas territories. less than a week before christmas , amazon drivers in four us states went on strike. amazon, the world's largest online retailer, has said the strike will not affect its delivery of packages. thousands of amazon workers who have joined the strike are protesting low wages and long working hours. it is not clear how long the strike will last, according to cnn. thank you for your patience. have a great day with this news section and goodbye. in the name of god, i greet you , dear viewers, and have a good time . in the past 24 hours , the hottest place in the country was asl loya with a maximum temperature of 29 degrees. the coldest place was kose in north khorasan with a minimum temperature of 13 degrees below zero. among the provincial centers , bandar abbas was the hottest with a maximum temperature of 24 degrees , and shahr-e-kord was the coldest center with a minimum temperature of 12 degrees below zero. the province is currently experiencing a calm and stable atmosphere in the regio

on the island of mayotte , a warning was issued due to the storm. the french interior ministry announced that at least two people were killed in the storm, but the media estimated the number of deaths to be dozens of times higher due to the severity of the storm. the storm hit the northwest of the island of mayotte in the african continent, which is part of french territory. images sent from the island indicate the seriousness of the situation. according to france 24, the lives of a third of the people of mayotte have been destroyed. the end of this news section until the next sections. in the name of god , in al-nur, in the name of god , light on light , in the name of god , light on light , in the name of god , light on light , in the name of god. i bear witness that there is no god but god . i bear witness that there is no god but god. i bear witness that muhammad is the messenger of god . i bear witness that muhammad is the messenger of god. the messenger of god is the witness of god , and god is the witness of god. god bless god , god is great

the strongest storm on the french archipelago of mayotte caused damage not only to the island, but also to the government of france. decorative help from paris caused misunderstanding. how do the arrogant colonial habits of the french hit the authorities of the republic themselves? so, the scattering of fragments could reach 100 m, and the power of the explosive device itself was up to a kilogram in tnt equivalent. this is the updated data from law enforcement agencies about the terrorist attack on ryazansky prospekt in moscow, where the head of the traditional chemical and biological defense troops, lieutenant general igor kirillov and his assistant ilya polikarpov were killed early this morning. the case is being handled by the main directorate of the investigative committee, whose specialists have already established that the homemade bomb was planted in a scooter parked near the house, and was apparently activated remotely. here is how exactly it is still to be clarified, but preliminary. all the main material evidence has already been collected, will be carefully analyzed and will

territory of mayotte.ays before taking charge of the church of england — the archbishop of york faces calls — to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case. this case was not acted on when he knew information at the time. how can you have the moral and ethical authority to lead an institution with that? territory of mayotte. and — tributes are paid to zakir hussain — one of the world's greatest tabla players — who's died at the age of 73. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. let's begin with that news breaking in the last couple of hours — that an alleged chinese spy with links to prince andrew has been named after a court order protecting his identity was lifted. the businessman, named as yang tengbo, had previously only been known as h6 and was banned from the uk last week by a semi—secret national security court. mr yang, who agreed to have his anonymity lifted, said he had done nothing wrong and descriptions of him as a spy were "entirely untrue". our home and legal affairs correspondent dominic cascian

mayotte is a french territory, and a member of the eu.rnment says they have all been destroyed. cyclone chido has now moved to mozambique and is also threatening other countries in the region. greg mckenzie reports. the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. cyclone chido made landfall here on saturday. the devastation and aftermath clear to see.

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the situation in mayotte comes amid rising political instability in neighbouring mozambique, where 94ling is expected today to determine the final results of 0ctober�*s elections after allegations of vote rigging. following the disputed election came weeks of protests in which security forces killed dozens of people. the opposition presidential candidate has threatened "chaos" if the constitutional council confirms the results. let's speak to dr alex vines, head of the africa programme at the thinktank chatham house. thank you for being with us. can you just give us a reminder of the background, the context of the background, the context of the background, the context of the ruling we are expecting today? of the ruling we are expecting toda ? ., , of the ruling we are expecting toda ? ., i. ., today? so, as you mentioned, there were _ today? so, as you mentioned, there were elections _ today? so, as you mentioned, there were elections in - there were elections in october. the electoral commission of mozambique, the cng, sometime back, announced that the party candidate daniel chapter,

it's thought to be mayotte�*s worst cyclone in a century.anders take shelter in any way they can. it takes three people to keep the door closed from the power of the storm. "there's nothing left here," this man says. most of the archipelago�*s 300,000 inhabitants live in shanty towns. tens of thousands have lost their homes. electricity and water supplies have been affected, and internet services are down. a local firefighter said even buildings built to withstand earthquakes have collapsed. the french government has sent a military transport plane with supplies and emergency workers. the french prime minister, francois bayrou, who's only been in the job since friday, has held an emergency meeting in paris. translation: what matters isn't only the short term - and the rescue and help we can provide, but also the medium term with the supply of water and food, in particular for sensitive facilities, including prisons and detention centres. a combination of severe damage, an impoverished population and isolated location mean mayotte's death tol

but mayotte finds itself in a very tricky situation. debate around immigration in france. a lot of the population here, about 100,000 people, are illegal migrants trying to apply for asylum to france. and so lots of people in france feel that they should perhaps not get that support, because they fear that that will encourage more migrants to make the dangerous journey here. in the meantime, though, people here need aid and they say that they can't afford to wait for it. and in terms of the death toll and the number of people still missing, where are we? just give us the latest figures. so officials are keen to emphasise that this current death toll, which stands around 22 people, isn't actually probably going to be the final one. and that's because, again, of that issue of people living in informal settlements, people living in shanty towns high up on the hills where the winds really hit the hardest. when we came in, we could see the landscape up on the hills. the trees were almost horizontal, and so a lot of those houses up there got

welcome to bbc hit mayotte. welcome to bbc news. russian authorities have detained a man who they say is a suspect in the death of the head of the army's chemical weapons division. general igor kirillov and his aide were killed by a remotely—controlled explosive device on a scooter parked outside his apartment. a statement from the investigative committee described the suspect as a 29—year—old uzbek national who confessed to having been recruited by the ukrainian special forces. the bbc cannot confirm these details. bbc monitoring's russia editor, vitaliy shevchenko. just bring us up—to—date. what do we categorically know about this? ~ ., ~ ., , this? well, what we know is basically _ this? well, what we know is basically these _ this? well, what we know is basically these two - this? well, what we know is i basically these two statements were issued by the russian federal security service, the fsb, and also the official investigations committee. they say that an uzbek man aged 29 has been arrested on suspicion of killing general ig

mayotte sits in the indian ocean, about 500 kilometres east of mozambique and about 350 kilometres westred a heavy death toll. the cyclone has also wrecked homes, brought down electricity poles and trees and smashed boats. france's transport minister called the situation extremely worrying, and that ships were being deployed to ensure supplies. paris is sending military and medical reinforcements. new french prime minister francois bayrou held an emergency meeting with ministers. it's been described as the worst storm in mayotte in 90 years. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield has more. well, as i understand it, it is very grave, because, as no doubt you've been reporting, this is an island in which many people live in great poverty. and there are a lot of shanty towns, i think about a third of the population live in these shanty towns. many of them are people who've migrants from from the comoros islands not very far away, live in very poor conditions. in any case, the cyclone has just wreaked devastation across these shanty towns, where the dwellings are made out of wood and tarpaulin an

it's been described as the worst storm in mayotte in 90 years. 0ur correspondent, hugo schofield, hasany people live in great poverty. and there are a lot of shanty towns, i think about a third of the population live in these shanty towns. many of them are people who've migrants from from the comoros islands not very far away, live in very poor conditions. in any case, the cyclone has just wreaked devastation across these shanty towns, where the dwellings are made out of wood and tarpaulin and metal sheeting and so on. and if you look at the pictures, you can see that it's just been destroyed. theyjust all come down. so there are tens of thousands of people, maybe a third of the population or more, who are without dwellings now, and they're being urged to report to government run shelters across the island. and at the same time, you know, all the usual services, electricity, water, telecoms, are all down or very badly affected. and the true toll has yet to be drawn up. i mean, we'rejust getting initial reports from here in paris where the government is mobilised and sending in help. w

the crisis on the indian ocean island of mayotte continues. cnn reported that the damage from the storm was similar to that of an attack by. the elysee palace announced the atomic bomb french president emmanuel macron will attend an emergency meeting of the interior ministry's crisis center this evening to assess the situation in the storm-hit areas. winds gusting up to 220 kilometers per hour have damaged the water and electricity networks of the 320,000-person indian ocean island. the storm also damaged the airport control tower, schools and hospitals on mayotte . mayotte, a former french colony , has been officially considered an overseas territory of france since 2011. the interior ministry confirmed on sunday that at least 14 people had died, but local authorities expect the death toll to rise. there may be hundreds or even thousands of people. one of the island's officials announced that communication with about two-thirds of the island has been cut off. the bbc warned of severe shortages of life supplies for a large part of the island's